Clybourne Park: Tony and Pulitzer-Winning Comedy

The Guthrie scores with its well-reviewed production of playwright Bruce Norris' clever and provocative comedy on race, class and real estate. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 and the 2012 Tony Award for Best Play, Clybourne Park puts a new spin on Lorraine Hansberry's landmark A Raisin in the Sun, contrasting the same cultural issues in a northwest Chicago neighborhood 50 years apart. Set in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun focused on a white couple who set off a community controversy when they inadvertently sold their bungalow to the area's first black family. Half a century later, in Clybourne Park, gentrification issues arise when a black couple clashes with the white couple who want to buy and remodel the same house.

Awesome performance ... a challenging issue handled in a very creative way. Hopefully it opens conversations about the racial issue in our country. The Goldstar purchase was great ... we had great seats for a very affordable price.

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Quotes & Highlights

“… director Lisa Peterson’s taut and insightful production finds the loose thread in Norris’ neatly woven comedy and by tugging just a bit on that thread, unravels something deeper than an exchange of coded (and not so coded) insults. She does so with a cast that is uniformly crisp and responsive, decked out distinctly in two eras by David Zinn’s costume scheme.” —Graydon Royce, Star Tribune
_"Clybourne Park _is the Guthrie at its best: drafting a team of the finest local actors and setting them loose on a sharp, challenging contemporary script. You’ll leave the theater talking, thinking, and maybe even laughing." —Jay Gabler, Twin Cities Daily Planet

Description

The show contains strong language. Running time is 2 hours and 10 minutes including one intermssion.

About the Ticket Supplier: Guthrie Theater

The Guthrie Theater, founded in 1963, is an American center for theater performance, production, education and professional training. By presenting both classical literature and new work from diverse cultures, the Guthrie illuminates the common humanity connecting Minnesota to the peoples of the world.